Pickup truck catches on fire at downtown Salem intersection

Special to the Sunbeam/George ReeseFirefighters worked quickly to extinguish a fire which damaged a pickup truck at the intersection of Market Street and Broadway in the heart of downtown Salem Thursday night. The pickup truck caught on fire around 8:30 p.m. The weekly Thursday night concert at Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Market Street was under way nearby when the fire erupted in the truck. Market Street traffic was detoured for a short time to allow the fire to be put out and the vehicle to be towed from the scene.